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Recordist's notes
It is situated in a house called Adoma, literally as Adom mma (children of grace) which was the Group that added to the first groups that started Tutu. The Adomas belongs to the Asona clan whose totem is a crow. In the history of Tutu, the Gyaasehene acts as the chief servant of the palace. Usually, the Adomas respond to the appellation, kɔtɔkɔ, kɔ asia bra asia. Currently, the Gyaasehene of Tutu is Nana Asare Larbi who is the fourth in command in terms of the Tutu chieftaincy hierarchy. Narrator: Okyeame Fredrick Akuffo, Chief Linguist of Tutu Akuapem Recorded by Massimo Carozzi for Unfolding Cultural Heritage, an international cooperation project between the region of the Greater Accra (Ghana) and Salento (Italy). DPA 4060/Sennheiser MKH 416/SD MixPre 6
About the place
Aburi is a town of about 18,399 people in Eastern, Ghana. OttoAnna lists 17 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Sound Devices recorders, Sennheiser MKH microphones and DPA microphones. Professional location recorders (702, 722, MixPre series) with very quiet preamps.
Recorded nearby
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Sources & credits
- “Gyaasehene's Palace - N4, Tutu, Ghana - Gyaasehene's Palace” by artlifematters – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0